HYDRATION

WHY DO WE SWEAT?


During exercise, the human body produces heat by consuming energy. To release this heat, the body regulates its internal temperature by evaporating sweat from the surface of the skin. Evaporation of sweat during exercise leads to losses of water and electrolytes (salt and minerals) throughout physical activity.
To maintain good performance and prevent health risks, it is essential that athletes adapt their hydration according to these losses.

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HOW TO OPTIMIZE YOUR HYDRATION?

Research has shown that there is an optimal window for maintaining proper hydration levels while improving athletic performance. For long-term physical activities, dehydration or overhydration can lead to reduced performance and health risks, especially in hot environments and/or during intensive exercise.

A study conducted by physiologist Armstrong in 2021 indicated that dehydration of 1-3% of body weight loss could be considered acceptable for long-term performance. Furthermore, electrolytes (especially sodium) can be lost in large quantities in sweat. It is essential to compensate for their loss so as not to disrupt the body's balance.

BE ONE INNOVATION: THE SWEAT MARKERS OF SPORTS PERFORMANCE

Controlling fluid loss during exercise is a challenge for athletes. Currently, the amount of sweat lost can be measured by weighing the body before and after exercise, and the sodium (salt) lost in sweat can be analyzed in the laboratory using patches or other systems.

However, these techniques are difficult to apply during real-time training or competition. The Be One armband is a true on-board laboratory. It measures water and sodium loss throughout exercise to help you perform better by alerting you on how to better hydrate yourself during and after exercise.

HOW TO INTERPRETE THE PERFORMANCE CURVE ?

The more an athlete is trained, the faster he is going to sweat.
His body learns how to regulate heat produced during effort. The blue curve (trained athlete) shows that the athlete starts sweating after 18 minutes while the sedentary man needs 7 minutes more, exactly 25 minutes.

The sweating trigger is matching with the initial peakS for both athletes. The body relaeases sweat and sodium without adjusting yet to the effort itself. Once the intensity of the effort analysed by the body, sweat and sodium
releases find their cruising speed. That is to say the plateau for an effort at the same intensity (without variations of the effort).

The more an athlete is trained, the lower he is going to release sodium in his sweat.
Same way, his body learns how to regulate sodium release during effort. In this graph, the trained athlete is going to reach a plateau around 22 mmol (concentration of sodium) rapidly when the sedentary man will reach a plateau much higher at around 80 mmol.

This said, we can easily determine the level of an athlete by several means:
- the time he will start sweating
-its concentration of sodium in sweat

Monitoring sweat flow, we can determine other losses in water, sodium and estimate other losses in associated minerals.

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HOW BE ONE HELPS MANAGE SWEAT LOSS

Be One, with a patented microfluid collector, makes it possible to obtain a continuous flow of sweat over many hours (up to 4 hours). Thus, it is possible to lead continuous and accurate analyzes of sweat unlike the adhesive patches.
Adhesive patches are limited by the time of use, criticized by the lack of reliability of analyzes (limited electronic system) without forgetting the problems of detachment and skin irritation.

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